Board Thread:Pokémon Help/@comment-103.252.200.26-20160102172752

Note: I know that it's unconfirmed stuff as to what's the chances of getting a hidden ability pokemon through breeding, but this is my take on it.

In PBB, you can get hidden abilities through breeding. Weirdly, this does not exist in the actual games. Normally, to get a hidden ability in the original games you would have to find hidden pokemon, use Friend Safari and get lucky in Horde Encounters for XY/ORAS games. However, as of now, there are no other ways in PBB other than breeding till you get it, this will be explained in further detail. I would like to state some few points before I begin.

Firstly, Pokemon may have 2 abilities consisting of a normal/common ability and a hidden ability, OR 3 abilities consisting of 2 normal/common abilities and a hidden ability.

Secondly, Female Pokemon have an 80% chance of passing down their ability(any ability including hidden ones). This means that IF the female has 2 abilities(consisting of a normal/common ability and a hidden ability), and the female has the 'normal/common ability', 20% of the time you'd get the hidden ability. Whereas a female with 3 abilities(consisting of 2 normal/common abilities and a hidden ability), would get 50%/halve out of the 20% chance of getting either the normal/common or hidden ability. This also applies to breeding with a Female Pokemon with a Ditto as of the real/official XY pokemon games.

Example 1 (2 Abilities):

A Female Crobat(which only has 2 abilities) with the 'normal ability', 'Inner Focus', would have an 80% chance of passing down Inner Focus and a 20% chance of passing down the hidden ability, 'Infiltrator' and vice versa.

Example 2 (3 Abilities):

A Female Clefable(which has 3 abilities instead) with the 'normal ability', 'Cute Charm', would have an 80% chance of passing down Cute Charm and a 50% out of the 20% chance to get a the hidden ability 'Unaware', or the normal ability 'Magic Guard'.

Thirdly, Ditto does not exist yet. This means that Male Pokemon cannot breed with Dittos. Male Pokemon that breed with Dittos only pass down their hidden ability 20% of the time, 80% being the other abilities you can get. This means that female pokemon are far better in terms of trying to reproduce your hidden ability, but if you only have a male pokemon with it, then this is your only method once Ditto is available.

''^ Note: Ditto's ability is always irrelevant when it comes to breeding a Male Pokemon and a Ditto, meaning it's a 100% chance for normal abilities, with the exception of hidden abilities as stated so. This might be worth for certain pokemon such as getting an Azumarill with Huge Power since it's guaranteed.''

So how do you even get Hidden Abilities anyway?

Since Female Pokemon would only give you 20% of your other abilities, and depending on whether the pokemon has 2 abilities or 3 abilities, it'd be a real hassle either way. So how do you get it? Just keep breeding, yep! But at least you understand the chances of getting a hidden ability, right?

Please correct me if I have any english errors or if this thread is stupid I don't mind if mods take the thread down.

~Ninjawarrior93 